Mingalabar! Welcome to Myanmar! Today, on arrival at Yangon, welcome by our local guide and transferred to your hotel for check-in. After settling into your hotel, your guide will take you to get a taste for Burmese food. Visit some of the city’s best fresh markets for a first glimpse at the local trade, then go to some places where people make noodles, sample tasty treats. Next up, sip a cuppa with the locals in a tea shop and enjoy a traditional curry lunch.
After that, visit the famous Chauk Htat Kyi Pagoda, home to a 70-meter long reclining Buddha. The pagoda is noted for traditional symbols at the feet of the statue where many locals gathering to pay homage and pray. From the pagoda, proceed to Karaweik Hall royal floating barge to save some nice photos in the most beautiful photo stop of Yangon.
In the late afternoon, highlight your trip to Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the most wonderful Buddhist pagodas in the world noted for its glittering gold stupa. Wander around the pagoda’s land and observe local pilgrims and monks offering their devotions and enjoy the amazing sunset view at Shwedagon pagoda.
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Accommodation: Hotel in Yangon
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